Summary of The Berlin WallThe Berlin Wall was one the most prominent symbols of the Iron Curtain that the Soviet Union had created to contain and control the people of Eastern Europe and the rest of its territory. It serves as an example of the anarchy and the pursuit of self-interest the international system, particularly after a time after one superpower fell and a fierce competition of bipolar powers remained.

After the end of World War II, the four ally countries divided up German territory for the purposes of occupying and monitoring. The territory allocated to the United States, France, and Great Britain was composed of the western portion of the country and the Soviet territory was the eastern part. However, though Germany’s capital of Berlin resided deep in the Soviet portion of the country, the city itself was divided amongst the four allies as well (Grabianowski). East Berlin was subject to the communist policies of the Soviet Union, while West Berlin was transformed into a capitalist democracy (Rosenberg). Unfortunately for the Soviet Union, many citizens of East Berlin were relocating to West Berlin through the open border between East and West Berlin. By 1961, over two million East Berliners had fled to the West (Rosenberg). The massive loss of citizenry hurt the image of the Soviet Union and communism, and much of those lost were of skilled workers and professionals (Rosenberg). To stop further migration, the Soviet Union decided to construct a wall in 1961, known as the Berlin Wall, to separate the two sections of Berlin. The final form of the wall consisted of twelve-foot-tall walls of concrete and was guarded by soldiers with who were permitted to shoot anyone attempting to get to West Berlin (Rosenberg). The wall completely surrounded all of West Berlin, thus cutting off resources and mobility to the allied territory. Over 100 people died or were killed while trying to get over the wall (Grabianowski). The handling of the Berlin Wall,...

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...History Of The BerlinWall
The BerlinWall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The United States, Great Britain, and France controlled the three divisions that were formed in the Western half; and the Eastern half was controlled by the Soviet Republic. The Western divisions eventually united to make a federal republic, while the Eastern divisions became communist.
Even though Berlin lay deep within the Soviet sector, the Allies thought it best to divide this capital. Therefore Berlin was also divided into four parts. The Soviet Union was in control of the eastern half of Germany. The Soviet Union made East Berlin the capital of East Germany. The other three counties were each in control of a small part of what was to be West Germany. These three countries decided that they would come together to form one country out of their three divided parts. Those three divided parts formed West Germany.
After all the land was divided the Soviet Union controlled East Germany. Just like the Soviet Union, the economy in East Germany was struggling to get back on its feet after the war. While West Berlin became a lively urban...

...There were many events concerning the rise and fall of the BerlinWall. In truth the wall in a since was there many years before it was truly built. A famous speech written in 1946 at the Westminster Collage in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill stated; “An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent” referring the beginning the BerlinWall, Churchill coined the term “Iron Curtain”. Many people assumed that Churchill was referring directly to the BerlinWall, but in truth he was really talking about the general closing off of the soviet satellite countries in Eastern Europe. Even though the wall was not built till 1961, Berlin was an enduring symbol of that “Iron Curtain.” To get an understanding for the reason it was constructed, all the headaches, heartaches it caused, and the joy over its falling helps people today to relate to its symbolic role as the “Iron Curtain”.
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...the rise and fall of the BerlinWall and the decline of the Soviet Union. The BerlinWall was put up August 13, 1961. The reason why it was put up was because Cold War tensions over Berlin were running high again. For East Germans dissatisfied with life under the communist system, West Berlin was a gateway to the democratic West. Between 1949 and 1961, some 2.5 million East Germans fled from East to West Germany, most via West Berlin. By August 1961, an average of 2,000 East Germans were crossing into the West every day. Many of the refugees were skilled laborers, professionals, and intellectuals, and their loss was having a devastating effect on the East German economy. To halt the exodus to the West, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev recommended to East Germany that it close off access between East and West Berlin. With this idea the BerlinWall was built it had effected so many people because some people’s parents were over there. Here are some of the stories of the wall:
A truck carrying a group of East Berliners simply crashed through the wall. The driver, though shot, kept going. He later died from his wounds. One young woman in West Berlin made a U.S. Army uniform. She got buttons and badges from officers by saying they were for a play. She borrowed an American car, drove over to East...

...﻿What Was the BerlinWall?
The BerlinWall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War.
Dates: August 13, 1961 -- November 9, 1989
Overview of the BerlinWall
The BerlinWall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction, which was nearly as instantaneous as its creation, was celebrated around the world.
A Divided Berlin
At the end of World War II, the Allied powers divided conquered Germany into four zones, each occupied by either the United States, Great Britain, France, or the Soviet Union (as agreed at the Potsdam Conference). The same was done with Germany's capital city, Berlin.
As the relationship between the Soviet Union and the other three Allied powers quickly disintegrated, the cooperative atmosphere of the occupation of Germany turned competitive and aggressive. Although an eventual reunification of Germany had been intended, the new relationship between the Allied powers turned Germany into West versus East, democracy versus Communism.
In 1949, this new organization of Germany became official when the three zones occupied by the United States, Great Britain, and France combined to form West Germany (the Federal...

...International A Wall Divides Berlin
“Today the endangered frontier of freedom runs through divided Berlin.” President Kennedy, on July 22, 1961, three weeks before the BerlinWall was erected. A grim convoy of tanks and troops wound through eastern Berlin in the predawn hours of August 13, 1961. By sunrise, East German soldiers had stretched barbed wire across the city, cutting off the Communist sector from the capitalist. The wire was soon replaced by a network of concrete walls and electrified fences, guarded by armed men, dogs, and minefields, a 30-mile-long barrier separating German from German. Churchill’s Iron Curtain metaphor had become reality. Ostensibly built to keep out saboteurs and subversives, the BerlinWall was in fact meant to keep East Germans in. Since 1949, 2.5 million had fled the economic hardships and political repression of Germany’s Communist half, creating labor shortages and a “brain drain” of professionals and skilled workers. West Berlin, an island of democracy and capitalism in the midst of East Germany, was the principal escape route. (Since thousands of eastern Berliners worked in western Berlin before the wall was built, defectors could usually evade detection.) Through the years, the Soviets had periodically demanded that all Berlin be made a...

...Fall of BerlinWall &gt; 1989
It has been 23 years since the fall of the BerlinWall. Following World War II, the area that was Germany was divided into four military sectors controlled by France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union. On May 23, 1949, the sectors controlled by France, the United Kingdom and the United States became the Federal Republic of Germany. On October 7, 1949, the sector controlled by the Soviet Union became the German Democratic Republic.
The two countries developed very different political and economic systems and, due to the tensions in post-war Europe, there was little contact between the inhabitants of the two countries.
A protest against the German Democratic Republic's government occurred in Leipzig on September 4, 1989. More demonstrations took place across the German Democratic Republic.
The protests called for political reform and to open the borders. On November 9, 1989, the checkpoints between the two countries were opened and people were allowed to travel freely. This date marked the "fall" of the Berlinwall.
Those who were around at the time, or who personally experienced what it was like to live in one of the countries behind the so-called Iron Curtain, will never forget what happened when it fell. The world changed and has never been the same since. Millions of people gained their freedom; freedom to think, speak,...

...The Berlinwall caused much strife during its existence. It started with the conflict between the USSR and the Allies and quickly escalated from there. The long years it stood were full of separation and conflict. The story of the Berlinwall is not one easily forgotten.
During WWII the Soviet army captured the German city of Berlin. The U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union all occupied a sector ofBerlin. The United States, Britain, and France occupied sectors in West German and Berlin while the Soviet Union occupied the East. Because of this, when the Cold War started, East and West Berlin were divided both in opinion and territory.
The Soviets were communist and the leaders of West Germany were determined that all of Germany should be communistic. The Soviets tried to force the Western powers to give up their control over their three sectors. After their attempts to convince them to give up their control failed, the Soviet side cut West Berlin, which was isolated in the middle of East Germany, from all land and air travel. West Berlin was frozen and starving, but they refused to give in.
The Western Allies started what is commonly known as the Berlin Airlift. Great amounts of food and supplies were dropped by plane. West Berlin was not given up by the Allies. East Germany however, did...

...Title: The BerlinWall
General purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: to inform about The BerlinWall aka Berliner Mauer
Central idea: There are three parts to this speech regarding the BerlinWall
Introduction
Have ever heard about the Berlinwall, it has many histories to it which brought sorrow grief and happiness to many Berliners
I. World War 2 ended in the year 1945 and Germany was separated into four parts
A. The allies that that was in charge of the administration of the each quarters were Great Britain, USA, Soviets and the France
B. Berlin was the main administration of Germany at that time and it was under the control of the Soviets.
II. Berlin was controlled by joint military which gave rise to the tension among the military, due to the tension caused Berlin was divided into East and West Berlin
III. The east was known as Germany democratic republic, while the west was known as Federal republic of Germany.
(Transition: Lets take a look what is The Iron Curtain which is known as The BerlinWall)
Body
I. The BerlinWall was erected in the night of August 13, 1961. It was a weekend and most Berliners slept while the East German government begun to close the border. Sunday, August 13th, became known as ‘Stacheldrahtsonntag’ (barbed wire...